Chapter 348 Hunting Jiang Mingxin and the Mystery of the Blood Infant Fruit

"Cousin, aren't you being too impulsive?"

Right now.

Wei Hao, whom Wang Yu had been longing for, was standing on the Blood Demon Sea, his aura incredibly strong, having reached the fourth level of Core Formation. The demonic corpse beside him appeared and disappeared intermittently.

It was through the Wei family's secret methods.

A mutant zombie created through sacrificial rituals—the Blood Shadow Demon Corpse!

Among the mutant zombies, the demonic corpses are already among the top tier. Those prefixed with "Blood Shadow" have fused with the power of blood and the ability to stealth.

A special category characterized by speed and assassination skills.

The one who spoke just now was Wei Shanze.

The Wei family's team is proficient in shadow-遁 (shadow-遁 is a type of magical ability), and has been sent out by Wei Hao to gather intelligence and information about Jiang Mingxin.

In the hands of the Blood Shadow Demon Corpse was a corpse that had been drained of its life force.

If Wang Yu were here, he would definitely recognize this person as someone he had seen before in the Blood Slaughter Hall, a fellow disciple of Heavenly Corpse Peak, and one of Jiang Mingxin's subordinates!

Faced with his distant cousin's question, Wei Hao had a completely different thought, and he said...

"It is better to take revenge on Jiang Mingxin sooner rather than later."

"I have now broken through to the fourth level of Core Formation. The other party's progress speed must not be difficult either. However, the late stage of Core Formation is not easy to break through. At most, there is a gap of 1 to 2 minor realms between him and me."

"This is the perfect opportunity to avenge the loss of my natal corpse, given the current power disparity."

That's all.

He paused for a moment, then spoke earnestly and patiently.

“This matter has nothing to do with you. Your natal magic weapon is still being refined, and your natal divine power has not yet been mastered. There is a great risk in going with me to assassinate Jiang Mingxin.”

Wei Shanze opened his mouth, but his concern for Wei Hao's safety was only one percent.

More often than not, it was Wei Hao who led his men to seek revenge.

Purely personal grudge.

What about him? Should he go and join Ding Ming? Ding Ming's strength is not as good as his, but at least he has the backing of the Wei family and a closer blood relationship with Wei Hao.

He was taken care of.

If he doesn't follow now, even if Wei Hao succeeds, he won't come looking for him. He's just a lowly early-stage Core Formation cultivator, not even fully formed yet. How can he survive?

Thinking of this, Wei Shanze immediately expressed his determination.

“Since you want to do it, cousin, I, Wei Shanze, will definitely support you. Danger doesn’t necessarily mean death. I’ll go with you!”

"good!"

Wei Hao agreed without hesitation, but Wei Shanze felt like he had been tricked by the half-smiling look in his eyes.

That lingering resentment had nowhere to go.

Just then.

Wei Hao's communication jade talisman vibrated. After receiving the information and responding, a ray of aurora quickly shot over in the short time it takes to burn half an incense stick.

In the blink of an eye, it came from the horizon to right in front of us.

As the light faded, Wang Yu's figure was revealed.

The moment their eyes met, Wei Shanze was terrified and quickly hid behind Wei Hao, stammering as he spoke.

"You...you...why are you here?"

“Mountains and marshes, one must not be rude.”

Wang Yu raised an eyebrow and pointed at the guy.

"What's wrong with him?"

Wei Hao said helplessly.

"They must have been frightened by you. There have been a lot of rumors circulating in the Blood Abyss lately, saying that you and Zhuo Shouyun joined forces to kill two or three hundred fellow disciples who had reached the Core Formation stage."

Wang Yu: "..."

It was blatant fabrication, he thought to himself.

Those scattered killings don't count. Dozens were killed in Blood Beast Valley, dozens in front of the Yin Erosion Hall, dozens in the Blood Slaughter Hall... adding them all up, it's only a little over a hundred.

He didn't get many of the spoils, and he didn't know who got them. Every time he thought about it, he felt so heartbroken that he couldn't breathe.

For a miser, seeing money but not finding it is a matter of life and death.

"Tell me more about it?"

"Alright."

With no one around, Wei Hao suddenly had other thoughts. He carefully considered his words before speaking.

"About the Yin Shi Palace incident, everyone came out a year ago. The rumors about you and Zhuo Shouyun started around that time, and the latter was called 'Ghost Tongue'."

"This refers to his silver tongue and his endless stream of lies."

"You... you have many titles, such as [Blood Slaughter], [Ferocious Beast], [Asura]... By the way, do you know what you're called most often?"

Wang Yu looked puzzled, but Wei Shanze suddenly interjected, "They call you [Ice Corpse]..."

"What's the reason?"

"I don't know, maybe it's because you don't have much of an expression?"

Wang Yu immediately revealed a sly smile, and Wei Shanze felt a chill run down his spine, quickly shrinking back behind his cousin. Wei Hao said helplessly:

"Shanze, look, isn't he quite amiable?"

“Brother Wang, those are malicious slanderers. I have looked into the situation. There will never be a case of slander that can destroy a person.”

"I'm not worried."

After understanding the situation, Wang Yu could roughly guess what happened after he left; Zhuo Shouyun had indeed reached a strange tacit understanding with him.

As long as he doesn't appear in my sight, I naturally won't have the mind to capture him. The conditions of the second version of the Styx Contract are basically met. Once he leaves the Blood Abyss, everything will be over.

The other part concerns Zhuo Shouqing.

He was only personally interested in Fu Xiao; the five Heavenly Demons he had lured with the Azure Sky Mirror seemed to be of great benefit to the Xuan Yuan Demon Embryo.

He decided to save this part for when he left.

After consulting the ancient texts, he decided to either refine the pill into an elixir or consume it directly using a secret method; he preferred the first method.

He remembered that the sect had a lineage of alchemy techniques, which he could use as a reference.

"By the way, I came to ask you this time if the Hou family discovered any large gathering points of demons after entering the Blood Abyss."

"You want to collect the Blood Essence of All Spirits?"

"right."

Wei Hao thought for a moment and then said.

"That thing is good, but neither of us are blood cultivators."

"It's best to take it sparingly. Generally speaking, you should stop after increasing your cultivation by 2 to 3 levels, otherwise the erosion of your physical body by the power of the bloodline will be irreversible."

Wang Yu seemed to understand something; the problem actually lay in the sea of ​​qi.

Through his alchemy and fire techniques, the refined blood pills became even purer, with almost all impurities and potential hazards being eliminated.

Considering his physical body's capacity, taking more shouldn't be a problem. He doesn't need to break through to the peak of Core Formation directly, but he should at least cultivate to the ninth level of Core Formation!

"I have my own considerations. Do you have any relevant information?"

"I have some, I'll give them to you for free."

As always, Wei Hao was very generous. After exchanging information, he immediately extended an invitation.

"I have a plan, are you interested?"

Tell me about it.

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Unnamed reef belt to the west of the Blood Demon Sea.

Jiang Mingxin stood with his hands behind his back, frowning as he listened to the reports from his three subordinates: "Jiang Yuan, Jiang Qixing, Wang Shouwen, Guo Ai... still no news?"

"Yes, Your Highness."

"The communication jade talisman reacted, but there was no response."

Jiang Mingxin had a bad feeling and guessed that these people were most likely dead.

But who is killing them, Wang Yu?

There's no such deep-seated grudge!

He saw that Wang Yu and his rival Zhuo Shouyun could still cooperate, so he shouldn't be so petty.

After a moment of silence, Jiang Mingxin asked again.

"Has Xie Xie'an been found yet?"

"No……"

"A bunch of useless trash, what use are you to me!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than a soft "pfft" was heard.

A pair of bluish-gray hands with long black fingernails suddenly plunged into the chest of one of the henchmen, tearing him in two to the horrified eyes of the others.

Blood rained down.

Just as a golden elixir that had transformed from illusion to reality was about to fly away, it was suddenly sucked in by a corpse's mouth full of fangs. It was swallowed with a few crunches and its demonic power surged.

The attacker was none other than the Blood Shadow Corpse!

The Demon Corpse lineage possesses an innate talent in the path of corpses called the "Eating Pill Technique," which involves feeding on the golden cores of cultivators to increase one's own demonic nature.

If one can advance to the fourth rank, this talent will also be upgraded to the [Infant Devouring Technique], which specializes in devouring the nascent souls of cultivators. The stronger the demonic nature, the stronger the physical body of the demonic corpse.

It also possesses amazing regenerative ability; even if the physical body is worn away to the point where only a trace of skin and flesh remains, it can gradually regenerate, which is why its demonic nature is indestructible!

Therefore, using corpse demons as the base material is most suitable for raising demon corpses.

Extremely rare.

Faced with this sudden turn of events, Jiang Mingxin and the others immediately retreated, waving their hands to create a series of corpse-suppressing talismans that transformed into talismanic chains, entangling the Blood Shadow Demon Corpse.

"How could there be a demonic corpse here... It must be controlled by someone."

"--nonsense!"

Jiang Mingxin quickly thought of what to do, but couldn't find any fellow practitioners of the Corpse Path among his peers who could command demonic corpses.

Who exactly is it...?

"No need to think about it."

"Jiang Mingxin, release your corpse demon."

Wei Hao jumped out of the shadow of the demonic corpse, quite satisfied with the strength of this natal corpse.

"It's you!"

He recognized Wei Hao's appearance.

The two had been true disciples together for over a hundred years, and even fought each other in the Corpse Fighting Tournament, where he ultimately won.

"Wei Hao... you're quite lucky to have obtained a demonic corpse, a unique species of the corpse path. Have you been hunting down members of my Jiang family all this time?"

"So what if it is?"

"If it weren't for you, how could I have achieved what I have today?"

"ridiculous."

Jiang Mingxin subtly moved his senses and secretly notified his remaining two subordinates to prepare, while speaking aloud.

"You're inferior in skill but still think about revenge? I can defeat you once, and I can defeat you a second time. Your corpse-controlling skills are far inferior to mine!"

Yes, you're right.

Wei Hao actually confirmed his statement.

"Since you're so confident, come on! Let's have another fight, just you and me."

Jiang Mingxin was naturally unafraid and said with a ferocious expression.

"You clown, King Kui, go!"

The monstrous corpse king, its flesh twisted and gnarled, leaped out from a corpse treasure, its corpse energy surging, and let out a deafening roar towards Wei Hao.

The oppressive aura unique to the Corpse King suddenly descended.

The two moved in perfect unison, drawing evil corpse talismans in the air with blood from their fingertips, and striking their respective zombies from behind.

Kui Shi, peak of mid-stage third tier.

Demon Corpse, early stage of the third tier.

The moment the two collided, the power of the demonic corpse was suppressed, and Jiang Mingxin's lips immediately curled up.

"That's all there is to it."

"It's just a contest of strength, there's no skill involved, take the shot!"

With a command, Wei Hao's demonic corpse opened its mouth and inhaled, the color of its corpse becoming even deeper. After a few breaths, dark blue-black corpse blood gushed out, and its power gradually weakened.

On the other hand, the demonic corpse became extremely ferocious. It was already bathing in blood and consuming pills, and after absorbing the blood of the monstrous corpse, it actually managed to suppress the corpse king.

Jiang Mingxin's eyes burned with passion.

He used his divine sense to signal his two subordinates to act together, and the three of them simultaneously pulled out the Corpse-Suppressing Bell.

A few crisp bell sounds quieted the demon corpse down considerably.

The menacing aura has diminished considerably.

They were professionals at dealing with zombies, let alone the three of them working together. They saw Wei Hao's frustrated expression.

Jiang Mingxin was very pleased.

"One-on-one is meaningless and doesn't prove anything, don't you think... Wei Hao!"

I think so.

Jiang Mingxin turned around abruptly, only to see red and yellow streaks of light suddenly fly past him.

Two magnificent heads were raised high, revealing a shimmering light that formed the hilt of a skull-shaped sword, its entire surface adorned with turbid, wave-like patterns—a demonic sword.

Wang Yu's blood-red hand, which had formed a ferocious claw shape, was retracting from the backs of his two subordinates, and the light of the two dark golden cores quickly dimmed.

"Wang Yu...you...you listen to me."

Having witnessed this man's ferocity in the Blood Slaughter Hall, Jiang Mingxin didn't think he could defeat him, not to mention that there was also Wei Hao seeking revenge beside him.

My relaxed mood immediately turned tense.

What are you trying to say?

"I...I have a partnership with Yan Ling, you can't kill me."

Wang Yu continued to approach.

"She's not enough."

"I...I know the secret of the Blood Demon Sea!"

I don't believe it.

"real!"

"Let them search your soul?"

Jiang Mingxin was pale and sweating profusely. How could he possibly agree to such a request? But when he realized that Wang Yu wasn't in a hurry to kill him, he immediately understood something.

He immediately knelt down and begged for mercy.

"As long as you let me go, you can make any request you want. My Jiang family is quite well-off."

"That's not it."

Wang Yu used the blade of his sword to lift the man's chin and asked.

"What do you want with Xie Xie'an?"

Upon hearing this, he immediately realized that Wang Yu and Wei Hao had already arrived, and were even there when he was talking to his subordinates!

His gaze darted around, and then he suddenly spoke.

"Xie Xie'an has snatched the Blood Infant Fruit."

Wang Yu looked at Wei Hao, who shrugged, indicating that he knew nothing about it.

He frowned and continued to ask.

"How did you manage to snag it?"

It is inherently difficult to search the souls of scions of powerful and influential families.

Jiang Mingxin also carries the identity of a direct disciple of a Heavenly Corpse, so there will be no shortage of restrictions and oaths in the Niwan Palace, and there may even be more.

Therefore, Wang Yu did not place all his hopes on the Soul Searching Technique. If this technique worked every time, there wouldn't be so many secrets in the world.

"The situation is very strange. After you and some others left, the remaining disciples chose to continue exploring the Yin Erosion Palace."

"According to the pattern, the Blood Infant Fruit will appear in the Ninth Hall, regardless of whether there is a Blood Killing Stele or not."

"But when we arrived at the Ninth Palace this time, we found no signs that anyone had been there, and the Blood Infant Fruit was nowhere to be found."

"Then we suspected that you had taken it secretly."

At this point, Jiang Mingxin's speech quickened.

"Afterwards, I investigated and found that when Brother Dao left the hall at that speed, he was seen by our subordinates who were left outside. He definitely didn't have time to break into the Ninth Hall."

"As Zhuo Shouyun was being hunted down by those chaotic fellow disciples, none of them returned. After thinking it over, the only possibility was Xie Xie'an, who was the first to escape."

"And nobody saw him leave the Shadow Erosion Palace..."

The reasoning is logical and the thinking is complete; it doesn't seem like a lie.

But Wang Yu sensed something was wrong and asked a crucial question.

"How do you know that Xie Xie'an was the first to escape from the Blood Killing Hall?"

You need to know.

Wang Yu judged that the ghostly mist was Xie Xie'an, based on a series of intelligence reports and the fact that he had specifically noted down the person's aura characteristics during their last contact.

How was Jiang Mingxin able to recognize him?

He gave an awkward smile.

"The Heavenly Corpse Peak [Scent Detection Secret Technique] was originally used to find zombies, but it has a similar effect when used on humans."

After Wei Hao walked in, he nodded to Wang Yu.

"This secret method does indeed exist."

Wang Yu sneered.

"You're lying!"

(End of this chapter)